The international training course on Urban Planning and Management took place on Sept. 26-27, 2018 at University of Transport and Communications (UTC).This is the cooperative program between University of Transport and Communications and Kyoto University, Japan since 2005 until now. Thirteen training courses were held, attracting the attendance of about 500 learners who are the staff of management agencies, corporations, research institutes and universities. The teaching language is English. Teachers of the training courses come from universities of Japan.

This year, there were 42 learners participating in the training course, including 26 learners from research institutes, universities and corporations like Hanoi Institute for Socio - Economic Development Studies, University of Transport Technology, Hanoi Architecture University, Transport Engineering Design Inc.-TEDI; 6 learners from Europe; 2 learners from Japan and 10 learners from UTC. After two hard-working days, the learners were issued the Certificate signed by two universities.

Urban planning and management of Vietnam in the recent years have revealed many limitations and weaknesses. The joint training course co-organized by UTC and Kyoto University has provided new technological knowledge for the technical staff in this field with the hope of improving the urban planning and management in Vietnam.